All the Indian shuttlers, including the best bet Sourabh Verma, bowed out of the Singapore Open badminton tournament after a dismal show on Thursday.
In men’s singles, Sourabh lost to Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen 18-21, 21-15, 21-11, while top-seeded Tien Chen Chou of Chinese Taipei defeated Subhankar Dey 21-13, 21-14.
Rituparna Das was shown the exit by Yulia Yosephin Susanto of Indonesia 21-15, 13-21, 16-21 in the women’s singles second round. Ruthvika Shivani succumbed 21-8, 21-15 to Japanese fifth seed Sayaka Takahashi.
The mixed doubles pair of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa lost 21-14, 16-21, 21-14 to Hong Kong’s seventh-seeded pair of Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Chau Hoi Wah.
In men’s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded second, lost to China’s Ou Xuanyi and Xiangyu Ren 21-17, 21-18
The results: Men: Tien Minh Nguyen (Vie) bt Sourabh Verma 18-21, 21-15, 21-11; Tien Chen Chou (Tpe) bt Subhankar Dey 21-13, 21-14.
Doubles: Ou Xuanyi & Xiangyu Ren (Chn) bt Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty 21-17, 21-18.
Women: Yulia Yosephin Susanto (Ina) bt Rituparna Das 21-15, 13-21, 16-21; Sayaka Takahashi bt Ruthvika Shivani 21-8, 21-15.
Mixed doubles: Lee Chun Hei Reginald & Chau Hoi Wah (HK) bt Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Ashwini Ponappa 21-14, 16-21, 21-14
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Sourabh and Rituparna go down after winning first game
Chinese duo eliminates second seeds Satwiksairaj and Chirag
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